During the (first) American revolution, soldiers who joined the Continental Army during the spring or summer but went AWOL in the fall or winter were known as "summer soldiers".
<span>Many of the "summer soldiers" were farmers who would join up with the Army when their crops were planted, fight with them during the summer, and go back home to help with the harvest. Others would stay with the Army through the harvest, but sneak off in the middle of the night once the weather got cold. </span>
<span>Meanwhile, the people who supported the revolutionaries when the revolution was going well -- but not otherwise -- were called "sunshine patriots". </span>
<span>So in the famous passage from "The Crisis" where Thomas Paine wrote: </span>
<span>The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country </span>
<span>he was talking -- quite literally in the former case -- about the fair-weather friends of the Revolution.</span>
<h2>Answer: The power of the [Ottoman] Empire was waning [fading] by 1683 when the second and last attempt was made to conquer Vienna. It failed. Without the conquest of Europe and the acquisition of significant new wealth, the Empire lost momentum and went into a slow decline.
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</h2><h2>Several other factors contributed to the [Ottoman] Empire’s decline:
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</h2><h2>• Competition from trade from the Americas
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</h2><h2>• Competition from cheap products from India and the Far East
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</h2><h2>• Development of other trade routes
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</h2><h2>• Rising unemployment within the Empire
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</h2><h2>• Ottoman Empire became less centralized, and central control weakened
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</h2><h2>• Sultans being less severe in maintaining rigorous standards of integrity in the administration of the Empire
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</h2><h2>• Sultans becoming less sensitive to public opinion
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Wood<span> is a </span>renewable<span> resource; trees can be replanted and grown to maturity in place of those that are cut down. As long as the trees are replanted at the same rate as they are cut down </span>wood<span> will be a </span>renewable<span> resource. Rainforests are said to be</span>non-renewable<span> because they take thousands of years to re-grow
</span>When fibers absorb water<span>, it first is held in the cell walls themselves. When the cell walls are full, any additional </span>water absorbed<span> by the </span>wood will<span> now go to fill up the cavities of these tubular cells. Fiber saturation is the level of moisture content where the cell walls are holding as much </span>water<span> as they </span><span>can</span>
In a representative democracy, citizens of a country pick individuals to make laws for them. This is the case in the United States, as citizens vpte on individuals to serve in the local, state, and national government .
On the other hand, a direct democracy would be one in which the citizens vote on laws themselves instead of having politicians represent their views. This type of democracy is almost impossible in a country with a large population.
